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1. 
At six o'clock this morning I ... (have) a wonderful dream, but then the alarm ... (go) off.
2. 
This time yesterday I ... (lie) on the beach.
A.
was lying
B.
lay
C.
lied
3. 
When I walked in they ... (all talk) about babies.
A.
were all talking
B.
all talked
C.
had all talked
4. 
I saw Sid when I ... (come) to work this morning. He ... (shop).
A.
was coming/was shopping
B.
came/shopped
5. 
She ... (meet) her husband while she ... (travel) in Egypt.
6. 
While I ... (talk) to Mrs Singleton somebody ... (walk) into my office and ... (steal )the computer.
7. 
When Jake ... (come) in everybody ... (stop) talking.
A.
came/stopped
B.
came/was stopping
C.
was coming/stopped
D.
was coming/was stopping
8. 
I ... (look) out of the window and ... (see) that we ... (fly) over the mountains.
9. 
I ... (wake) up to find that water ... (pour) through the bedroom ceiling.
A.
woke/was pouring
B.
woke/poured
C.
was waking/was pouring
D.
was waking/poured
10. 
I ... (go) to see how she ... (be) and found she ... (cry).
11. 
George ... (fall) off the ladder while he ... (paint) the ceiling.
A.
fell/painted
B.
fell/was painting
C.
was falling/was painting
D.
was falling/painted
12. 
Last night, I ... (read) in bed when suddenly I ... (hear) a scream.
A.
read/heard
B.
read/was hearing
C.
was reading/was hearing
D.
was reading/heard
13. 
... (you/watch) TV when I ... (phone)?
A.
Were you watching/was phoning
B.
Were you watching/phoned
C.
Did you watch/was phoning
D.
Did you watch/phoned
14. 
Your friend who ... (come) here the other day ... (seem) very nice. I ... (enjoy) meeting her.
15. 
When I ... (open) the cupboard door, a pile of books ... (fall) out.
A.
opened/fell
B.
opened/was falling
C.
was opening/was falling
16. 
Richard ... TV when I phoned.
A.
watched
B.
was watching
C.
had watched
17. 
When we were on holiday, we ... to the café almost every day.
A.
went
B.
were going
C.
had gone
18. 
The phone was engaged when I called. Who ...?
A.
did you speak to
B.
were you speaking to
C.
had you spoken to
19. 
Holy ... oysters before, so she wasn't sure what to do with them.
A.
did not ate
B.
was not eating
C.
had not eaten
20. 
When we got married, I ... Chris for about two years.
A.
knew
B.
was knowing
C.
had known
21. 
By the time he died, Beethowen ... nine symphonies.
A.
wrote
B.
was writing
C.
had written
22. 
When I was young we ... to France every year on holiday.
A.
had gone
B.
were going
C.
would
23. 
When she was a girl, my mum ... live in a village.
A.
used to
B.
would
24. 
.. have blonde hair?
A.
Didn't you use to
B.
Wouldn't you
C.
Used you not to
D.
Didn't you used to
25. 
There ... be a cinema on this corner, but they knocked it down.
A.
would
B.
used to
C.
use to
26. 
I ... my assignment while she ... to finish hers.
A.
was handing in / tried
B.
handed in / tried
C.
handed in / was still trying
27. 
After the earthquake, we ... what we ... .
A.
didn't know / were doing
B.
didn't know / did
C.
didn't know / have done
28. 
Yesterday, when I ... the door, Ted ... .
A.
was opening / has cheated
B.
opened / cheated
C.
opened / was cheating